Biography
Jeroen Thesseling is a musician who is globally recognized for his signature fretless playing. He began studying bass in 1988 at the Conservatory in Enschede, the Netherlands. During the period 1992-1994 he was a member of one of the most influential death metal bands Pestilence with whom he recorded the jazz/fusion-influenced album Spheres and toured Europe. In 1995 Thesseling started to study microtonality and played a 6-string 72-tone octave bass. The instrument contained an 18-tone equal temperament fretboard, while the six strings were tuned 1/12th tone from each other. In this period he recorded two study works: a study in 72-tone equal temperament called Hafnium in 1999, and a study in 18-tone equal temperament called Argon in 2000. The microtonal- and contemporary classical genre inspired him to focus primarily on fretless bass. He is also founding member of the contemporary fusion/world project Salazh. From 2007 till 2011 Thesseling collaborated with the German progressive death metal band Obscura. He toured North America, Europe and recorded their highly-acclaimed full-length albums Cosmogenesis in 2009 and Omnivium in 2011. During the period 2009-2012 he rejoined Pestilence after a 15-year break, touring North America, South America, Europe and recorded their sixth studio album Doctrine. Handling Pestilence's ultra low Doctrine material, he started playing a 7-string fretless bass in 2011. Since that year he participated in several recording projects, including a collaboration with contemporary composer Jurica Jelic, pushing fretless bass guitar in an unconventional role within experimental music. Thesseling is currently based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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